Improvement in buckles



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE O. L. HOPSON, OF WATERBURY, AND H. P.BROOKS, OF WOLCOTTVILLE, ASSIGNORS TO THE TURNER & CLARK MANUFACTURINGCOMPANY, OF

VVOLCOTTVILLE, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUCKLES.`

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 58,725, dated October9, 1866.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that we, ORIN L. HOPSON, of Waterbury, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, and HEMAN P. BROOKS, of Wolcottville, inthe county of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, have invented, made,and applied to use a certain new and useful Improvement in Bucklesgnandwe do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being "had to the annexed drawings,making part ot' this speeication, wherein- Figure l represents the frameof the buckle. Fig. 2 is a view of the buckle complete, and Fig. 3 is aperspective View of the wire tongue separately.

Similar niarks of' reference denote the saine parts.

The frames of buckles have heretofore been made ot wire bent to theproper shape and then tlattened at certain portions by means ot dies.

The nature of our said invention consists in a btlcl;le-fra1ne formedwith a double bend in cach side between the main portion ot' the frameand the loop, and which bend forms the bar or axis for the tongue toswing upon, and we combine therewith a tongueformed of wire with eyesaround the said axis in the doublev bend ot' the frame.

In the drawings, a is the main portion of the buckle-frame, and b is theloop forming the part for the attachment of the strap. These are madeofone piece ot' wire, bent into the shape shown in Fig. 1, with thedouble bends in each side, and the frame is stiened by being Hat-tenedat portions, such as the top of the main part a.

At the parts c c in the double bends of the fra-me the wire is to beleft round, so as to form the axis or bar for the tongue d. The tongue dis to be properly shaped so as to be attached at the parts c c of theframe, and we prefer and use a wire tongue, such as shown in Fig. 3,wherein the eyes c c are bent up to set around the axis c c, and saideyes are connected by the wire extending from one to the other, as att'.

What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The buckle-frame formed with double bends in the sides between themain portion and the loop, one portion of' said double bend at each sideot the frame, forming the axis for the tongue, substantially asspecified.

2. The wire tongue formed with eyes connected by the central portion ofthe wire, in combination with the aforesaid buckle-frame havin g doublebends in its sides, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our signatures this 23d day ofApril, A. D. 1866.

ORIN L. HOPSON. HEMAN P. BROOKS. Witnesses:

H., S. BARBOUR, P. F. PARsoNs.

